Recently purchased house, barking dog.

Guest101

Stayontheground wrote: »

The Rspca told me that as long as the dog had food and water there was nothing they could do.
I don't know what area you live in, maybe the rspca are more effective in certain areas. I do recall watching a documentary where an rspca officer visited a man with an overweight dog!!
Obviously a fat dog is more of a worry than a mentally ill dog locked in a coupe all day. After all it has food and water!! Though on their website one of the four points of cruelty is an unnatural environment.
I actually gave a monthly direct debit to the rspca before this. I cancelled it immediately following the phone call. I honestly felt like I was speaking a different language, then speaking to a brick wall. The woman on the phone would not listen to me at all. It's disgusting. - i suspect you had unrealistic expectations.
I've just had to make an application for bankruptcy. - so why on earth were you paying money to charities?!
There is no help whatsoever if you own your own house, I've recently discovered that their house; the family who own the dog, is a council house.- So?
They even viewed my neighbour's house and are now considering purchasing it. If that dog is moved right next door. I will snap! - Well since you're declaring bankruptcy, you'll probably be moving soon?
I hoped that other neighbour's might help but they don't want any trouble, the last time I confronted the family (they were happily using our trailer as their own personal skip, which meant that whenever we hitched the trailer, we had to visit the tip first!) - cover it up? report to police? I found myself surrounded by about 15 Asian teenagers who attempted to intimidate me. - interesting. Which I found quite amusing as I grew up in an area where I learned at a young age never to be intimidated. As a woman though, I did find it worrying, I've never experienced that level of misogyny in my life. - what was mysoginistic?
Unfortunately my car was then mysteriously trashed!
So I can understand why other neighbours don't speak up.
This is a small village, not a city like I'm used to.
I've never experienced this level of behaviour before. Moving here was a big mistake! I hate it.

Your post is quite confusing. You seem to take issue with Asians, social housing, dogs and charities all whilst yourself declaring bankrupcy

teddysmum

jondav wrote: »

As I've said, I am a dog owner myself.......but I completely agree with this.

I think it is absolutely awful that people are still allowed to get away with keeping animals in these kinds of conditions, what's the point in having a pet if it's just shoved out of the way all the time?

It also drives me mad when people don't pick up after their dogs. I cannot count the amount of times that I've been on my way back from a dog walk.....full poo bag in hand, waiting for the next bin......only to step in a mountain of dog !!!! that some other lazy idiot feels it is fine to just leave in the street. :mad::eek:

I do sympathise with the barking problem, we have a barker near us and especially now with the lighter nights, it can be a complete nightmare!

My little old dogs don't walk far,so we tend to use the same route and now and then I see poo and wonder if people think that it's my dogs' poo that I haven't picked up.


One dark wet evening, I picked up what I thought was a poo and it was one of those giant (and very cold) slugs . Yuck.

carlislelass

We've lived in 3 houses with a railway at the bottom of the garden, this one is near a quarry which blasts once a day. Those don't bother us, what does is next doors Alsatian which barks at everything

Stayontheground

Guest101 wrote: »

Your post is quite confusing. You seem to take issue with Asians, social housing, dogs and charities all whilst yourself declaring bankrupcy

Wow how very presumptuous of you. I don't actually recall mentioning my own ethnicity but what the hell, you've come to your own conclusions by immediately pouncing on every sentence with your own superiority.
The dog has been barking for over three years, and yes it does make a difference if you've bought your house, as you then can't sell it to move. I'm not sure what planet you live on.
Thanks for the advice regarding covering up and calling the police, why don't I just bend over as well?
Obviously you're just faffing about online looking for people to mock. I'm going no further than this as I'd need an aqualung to reach your level.

Stayontheground

Guest101 wrote: »

Your post is quite confusing. You seem to take issue with Asians, social housing, dogs and charities all whilst yourself declaring bankrupcy

So, Guest101, now I can reply in a more controlled manner.
I see you've made an effort to psychologically profile me.
Let me allow you the same courtesy because fortunately for you, this used to be my profession, it's your lucky day.
I would say that you are definitely male.
Most probably white, age range 30-35.
You probably work in an environment where you are underqualified or lack the experience to move ahead, feel undervalued and see the people above you as selfish and maybe even bullies.
You're possibly a misogynist or at the very least, embittered towards women. You view women as either fair game; objects, or the cause of all your woes. You've probably been called a control freak by ex girlfriends.
You most definitely have a personality disorder, either narcissistic, sociopathic or passive aggressive. Possibly all three.
You blame other people for your problems and don't take responsibility for them yourself.
If you've been married or in a long term relationship, you're separated, you may even have a child. Your inadequacy is probably her fault as you see it. Your name 'guest' probably says a lot more about you than just a screen name. You've probably spent much of your time being a guest, you have probably left the responsibility of bill paying to somebody else if you could.
I would say that you spend a lot of time on here and probably post at least four times a day.
It's probably the only feeling of power you have.
You feel that your knowledge of the law and procedure is outstanding even though you've never worked in those environments nor gained any qualifications in them. I doubt that you continued in higher education, maybe you attended university but either dropped out or gained a 2nd class degree.
You probably don't have many friends, feel resentment regularly and crave male approval.
You're desperate to be seen so you copy other posts and answer them in red, impossible to miss. It's highly likely that you prefer to ridicule a poster, only when you know for sure that poster is female. You probably answer male posters in a submissive fashion, maybe with an emoji thrown in somewhere as supplication. You wouldn't dare incur the wrath of a man, so you have to tread very carefully, until you know the gender.
You prefer to presume rather than assume, as you feel sure of your convictions, especially online. Where nobody can actually see you.
Unfortunately that's only a partial profile, garnered from your reply to my post.
I tend not to post in forums generally. Most people who reply to posts are normal people with no ulterior motive. Unfortunately they do attract the others. Very unhappy people who have disordered personalities.
So now, I will no longer be posting anything further. As I have better things to do with my time in my real life. I may be considering bankruptcy and be generally annoyed with a constant barking dog. But my life is better than yours obviously.

theartfullodger

Stayontheground wrote: »

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The dog has been barking for over three years, and yes it does make a difference if you've bought your house, as you then can't sell it to move. ..............

Sorry to read your story... this is surely just a neighbour dispute? (See CaB's excellent pages on neighbour disputes...)
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/housing/problems-where-you-live/neighbour-disputes/

With respect, of course you can sell: Just, perhaps, not at the price you'd like.

I too own a house with barking dogs next-door - at least 3 separate houses with dogs (plus other noise issues): One dog also howls when the owner is out. Live and let live, stone me, it's hardly the world's worst housing problems, as recent events sadly show. One lives with the consequences of failing to fully undertake due-diligence (eg the usual, wise & prudent, option of sitting in a car several evenings, including Friday & Saturday, and observe.)

I hope I have always taken full responsibility for errors I have made over the years purchasing property: I certainly should do so!

Best regards to all.

Caroline_a

There's often a story behind a barking dog. And rather than stepping in going in all guns blazing at the owner you should find the facts out first. I was accused by two of my neighbours that my German Shepherd was barking all day. They stood at my door having a proper go. I could hear a dog barking while they were ranting... and then one of them said 'there you go, barking all the time'. I said nothing. Just opened the front door a bit wider so that they could see that my Shepherd was quietly sat looking through the glass door at us all while this ranting and barking was going on. Cue one saying 'oh he's gorgeous' followed by 'oh it cant be him then'. Nope it wasnt.

A second story was my previous dog who barked when we went out. She was exercised, entertained and never left for very long, only when we couldnt take her. But she was deaf, so had no idea she was barking. We tried an anti bark collar which sprayed citronella whenever she barked. Came home to a beautiful lemony smelling house, happy dog, but had obviously enjoyed setting the collar off! She eventually stopped, but it was impossible for quite a while, no matter what we tried. However, she was never left at night, so any barking tended to be for short periods during the day.

sheramber

A neighbours dog barked all day when they were out working and then all evening if they went out.
It also tore down the curtains and sounded as if was digging through our adjoining wall.

One night I came home at 10 pm to find it lunging at the fence between their and my garden and barking non stop. My neighbour on the other side was outside. She told me the dog had been barking since 7pm.
She had a toddler who was awakened by the noise.

The neighbour on the other side was in bed after a bad epileptic attack.

She went to the door and politely asked the wife to take the dog in. The reply was ' the dog is not outside'. In that case I don't know what the big furry animal lunging at my fence was.

At 11pm she and the wife of the sick neighbour phoned the police to report it. Half an hour later the police visited the dog owner as the husband returned home knowing nothing about this.

The son brought the dog in the back door as his mother opened the door to the police.

The police visited the two neighbours who had complained and advised them that they had issued a warning and they would be reported to the dog warden.

The dog was not left to bark after that.

However, a few weeks later the dog got out the front and bit a child. She was immediately put down.

None of that was the dog's fault. It was never walked and either shut in all day or shut out in the garden all day.
This was the third GSD they had had since we moved in . The first lead a similar life but died of old age.

The second lived the same life. They had to bodily carry it in to the house as it had no training what so ever and would not come in. At six months old it escaped out of the front door and bit a neighbour and was put down

Peace reigned for a couple of years but then the parents split up and moved out and the son moved in with his girlfriend, toddler and ........ a Shar Pei.

History repeated itself with the dog relegated to the garden with a cushion to lie on and dish of water. The weed were three feet high and the garden never cleaned.
However, this lovely little dog did not bark.

A compliant to environmental health due to the smell resulted in four friends arriving and twenty black bin liners of weeds and debris being cleared out of the garden.

theartfullodger

ED2. Is it the house from this thread???
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5604937

- in which you stated

.....The house which I'm hoping to buy now, is on the market with no less than 4 different agents......................

- hhmmmmnnnn wonder why 4 agents... and

....Having bought a house before, I know that...

Please?

Best regards

SnooksNJ

Stayontheground wrote: »

So, Guest101, now I can reply in a more controlled manner.
I see you've made an effort to psychologically profile me.
Let me allow you the same courtesy because fortunately for you, this used to be my profession, it's your lucky day.
I would say that you are definitely male.
Most probably white, age range 30-35.
You probably work in an environment where you are underqualified or lack the experience to move ahead, feel undervalued and see the people above you as selfish and maybe even bullies.
You're possibly a misogynist or at the very least, embittered towards women. You view women as either fair game; objects, or the cause of all your woes. You've probably been called a control freak by ex girlfriends.
You most definitely have a personality disorder, either narcissistic, sociopathic or passive aggressive. Possibly all three.
You blame other people for your problems and don't take responsibility for them yourself.
If you've been married or in a long term relationship, you're separated, you may even have a child. Your inadequacy is probably her fault as you see it. Your name 'guest' probably says a lot more about you than just a screen name. You've probably spent much of your time being a guest, you have probably left the responsibility of bill paying to somebody else if you could.
I would say that you spend a lot of time on here and probably post at least four times a day.
It's probably the only feeling of power you have.
You feel that your knowledge of the law and procedure is outstanding even though you've never worked in those environments nor gained any qualifications in them. I doubt that you continued in higher education, maybe you attended university but either dropped out or gained a 2nd class degree.
You probably don't have many friends, feel resentment regularly and crave male approval.
You're desperate to be seen so you copy other posts and answer them in red, impossible to miss. It's highly likely that you prefer to ridicule a poster, only when you know for sure that poster is female. You probably answer male posters in a submissive fashion, maybe with an emoji thrown in somewhere as supplication. You wouldn't dare incur the wrath of a man, so you have to tread very carefully, until you know the gender.
You prefer to presume rather than assume, as you feel sure of your convictions, especially online. Where nobody can actually see you.
Unfortunately that's only a partial profile, garnered from your reply to my post.
I tend not to post in forums generally. Most people who reply to posts are normal people with no ulterior motive. Unfortunately they do attract the others. Very unhappy people who have disordered personalities.
So now, I will no longer be posting anything further. As I have better things to do with my time in my real life. I may be considering bankruptcy and be generally annoyed with a constant barking dog. But my life is better than yours obviously.

Based on Guest101 postings on the House Buying section of the money saving expert site, I'm guessing is a Libra who likes long walks on the beach and Thai food.